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EP0581597A2 - Gerät zur Wiedergabe von optischen Informationen - Google Patents

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EP0581597A2
EP0581597A2 EP19930306012 EP93306012A EP0581597A2 EP 0581597 A2 EP0581597 A2 EP 0581597A2 EP 19930306012 EP19930306012 EP 19930306012 EP 93306012 A EP93306012 A EP 93306012A EP 0581597 A2 EP0581597 A2 EP 0581597A2
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Renzaburou Miki
Yukio Kurata
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Kuniaki Okada
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    • G11B11/10—Recording on or reproducing from the same record carrier wherein for these two operations the methods are covered by different main groups of groups G11B3/00 - G11B7/00 or by different subgroups of group G11B9/00; Record carriers therefor using recording by magnetic means or other means for magnetisation or demagnetisation of a record carrier, e.g. light induced spin magnetisation; Demagnetisation by thermal or stress means in the presence or not of an orienting magnetic field
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    • G11B11/10541—Heads for reproducing
    • G11B11/10543—Heads for reproducing using optical beam of radiation
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    • G11B7/123—Integrated head arrangements, e.g. with source and detectors mounted on the same substrate
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    • G11B7/12—Heads, e.g. forming of the optical beam spot or modulation of the optical beam
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  • the present invention relates to an optical information reproducing device, and more specifically, relates to an optical information reproducing device such as an optical pickup suitably used for a magneto-optical disk unit, in which the optical system is compact and integrated.
  • An optical disk can store a huge amount of information with high density.
  • efforts for using such an optical disk have been in progress in various fields.
  • an optical information reproducing device such as an optical pickup
  • Figure 9 schematically shows an optical system for a conventional optical pickup described in Y. Yosh- ida, et al., "Three beam CD optical pickup using a holographic optical element", Proc. Optical Data Storage Technologies, SPIE 1401 (1990), p. 58.
  • divergent light emitted from a semiconductor laser 101 is introduced into a first diffraction element 102, where the incident light is split into a zero-order diffracted beam (main beam) and two first-order diffracted beams (sub-beams) for detecting a tracking error.
  • Each of the split diffracted beams passes through a second diffraction element 103, and is converged on an information recording medium (hereinafter referred to as an "optical disk") 106 through a collimator lens 104 and an objective lens 105.
  • the main beam forms a converged spot 108a on the optical disk 106
  • the sub-beams form converged spots 108b and 108c on the optical disk 106.
  • the light beams reflected from the optical disk 106 enter the optical system again through the objective lens 105, pass through the collimator lens 104, and are diffracted by the second diffraction element 103.
  • the diffracted return beams are then converged on an optical detector 107.
  • the first diffraction element 102 has a grating pattern of parallel straight lines with a predetermined grating pitch.
  • the second diffraction element 103 has a grating pattern of curved lines determined so that the diffracted return beams can be properly converged on the optical detector 107.
  • a conventional optical information reproducing device has the following requirements: on an optical disk the light beam should be converged as a spot having a diameter of approximately 1 f..lm; and such a spot should precisely follow the information track on the optical disk.
  • a focusing error detection mechanism and a tracking error detection mechanism are indispensable for the optical information reproducing device.
  • the second diffraction element 103 is substantially circular and has two semicircular regions 103a and 103b divided by a division line DL.
  • the optical detector 107 has five detecting portions 107a, 107b, 107c, 107d, and 107e divided by four division lines A, B, C, and D.
  • one part of the return main beam diffracted from the region 103a of the second diffraction element 103 forms a converged area 111a on the division line A of the optical detector 107
  • the other part of the return main beam diffracted from the region 103b of the second diffraction element 103 forms a converged area 111a' on the detecting portion 107c of the optical detector 107.
  • one of the return sub-beams reflected from the converged spot 108b on the optical disk 106 forms two converged areas 111b and 111b' on the detecting portion 107d of the optical detector 107.
  • the other return sub-beam reflected from the converged spot 108c on the optical disk 106 forms two converged areas 111cand 111c' on the detecting portion 107e of the optical detector 107.
  • the focal points of the diffracted return beams are formed behind the optical detector 107.
  • the converged area 111a is formed on the detecting portion 107a in a semicircular shape.
  • the focal points of the diffracted return beams are formed in front of the optical detector 107.
  • the converged area 111a is formed on the detecting portion 107b in a semicircular shape.
  • a focusing error signal FES is obtained by operating the following equation: wherein S1 and S2 are output signals from the detecting portions 107a and 107b of the optical detector 107. The operation is performed with a subtracter (not shown).
  • the objective lens 105 is driven by an actuator (not shown) so as to move into a proper position where the converged spot 108a can be precisely on an information track 112 as a focal point.
  • Figures 11A to 11 C show the relative positions of the converged spots 108a, 108b, and 108c and the information track 112 on the optical disk 106.
  • the converged spots 108b and 108c formed by the sub-beams are located apart from the converged spot 108a formed by the main beam by the same distance and are located in the opposite directions to each other along the information track 112. Further, the converged spots 108b and 108c are slightly shifted with regard to the information track 112 in the opposite directions to each other.
  • the converged spot 108b is located substantially to the right on the information track 112. This results in that the intensity of the return beam reflected from the converged spot 108b decreases. On the contrary, the converged spot 108c is located fartherfrom the information track 112, so that the intensity of the return beam reflected from the converged spot 108c increases.
  • a tracking error signal TES is obtained by operating the following equation: wherein S4 and S5 are output signals from the detecting portions 107d and 107e. The operation is performed with a subtracter (not shown).
  • the objective lens 105 is driven by an actuator (not shown) in order to move to a proper position where the converged spot 108a can be precisely on the information track 112 as a focal point.
  • Figure 12 shows the conventional optical pickup shown in Figure 9 in a more concrete configuration.
  • the first diffraction element 102 and the second diffraction element 103 are formed on the bottom surface and the top surface of a glass substrate 109, respectively, by etching.
  • the semiconductor laser 101 and the optical detector 107 are disposed inside a hermetically sealed package 110.
  • Figure 13 shows another conventional optical pickup with a diffraction element, which employs a "one-beam” method for tracking error detection.
  • like components are denoted as like reference numerals as those in Figure 12 for simplification.
  • This conventional optical pickup is different from the optical pickup shown in Figures 9 and 12 in that a single diffraction element 113 is formed on the bottom surface of a glass substrate 114, and that an optical detector 115 is divided into four portions.
  • the focusing error detection mechanism and the tracking error detection mechanism for this conventional optical pickup are mostly similar to those for the optical pickup shown in Figure 9. The description of these mechanisms is therefore omitted.
  • Such conventional optical pickups using a diffraction element and integrated as described above have an advantage of being less influenced by the environment because the light source and the optical detector are disposed in the same package. Also, they can be compact and lightweight, and can be fabricated at a reduced cost.
  • Figure 14 schematically shows an optical system for a conventional optical pickup directed for a megneto-optical disk by use of a diffraction element.
  • divergent light emitted from a semiconductor laser 201 passes through a diffraction element 202 as a zero-order diffracted beam, and is converted into a parallel beam by a collimator lens 203.
  • the parallel beam passes through a composite prism 204, a 45° mirror 205, and an objective lens 206 so as to be converged on a magneto-optical disk 207.
  • the light beam reflected from the magneto-optical disk 207 enters the optical system again through the objective lens 206.
  • Part of the return beam passes through the composite prism 204 and the collimator lens 203, and is diffracted by the diffraction element 202 so as to be converged on an optical detector 209 for detecting a focusing error and a tracking error.
  • the diffraction element 202 has a pattern of curved lines determined so that the diffracted return beam can be properly converged on the optical detector 209, though not shown in Figure 14. Since the focusing error detection mechanism and the tracking error detection mechanism for this optical pickup are similar to those for the optical pickup shown in Figure 9, the description of these mechanisms is omitted. Refer to Sato, et al., "A pickup for a 3.5-inch magneto-optical disk", Sharp Technical Report, No. 50 (1991), pp. 20-24, for details.
  • the remaining part of the return beam is reflected twice in the composite prism 204 so as to reach a Wollaston prism 210, where it is split into two different polarized beams.
  • the polarized beams are then converged on a two-division photo diode 212 through a converging lens 211.
  • the difference of outputs from the two divisions of the photo diode 212 is calculated so as to reproduce an information signal.
  • optical pickups for an optical disk shown in Figures 9 and 13 which can be compact and lightweight are suitable for a reproduction-only type disk unit and a write-once type disk unit.
  • these optical pickups are not provided with the function of detecting a magneto-optical signal, and thus are not applicable to a rewritable magneto-optical disk unit.
  • the optical pickup for a magneto-optical disk shown in Figure 14 includes a prism as a component of the optical system for detecting a magneto-optical signal. This makes it difficult to drastically reduce the size and weight of the optical pickup, though the reduction is possible to some extent by using a diffraction element.
  • the Wollaston prism used for polarization splitting is made of expensive crystal, thereby preventing a cost reduction of the optical pickup.
  • the optical information reproducing device of this invention includes: a light source for generating a light beam; an optical system for converging the light beam generated by the light source on a magneto-optical recording medium on which recording information is recorded and for converging a return light beam reflected from the magneto-optical recording medium; beam splitting means for splitting the return light beam into split light beams; first detecting means for receiving one of the split light beams to detect the intensity of the one of the split light beams; servo signal generating means for generating a tracking error signal and a focusing error signal based on the output of the first detecting means; an optical waveguide disposed between the beam splitting means and the first detecting means, the optical waveguide crossing an optical axis of the one of the split light beams; an optical coupler disposed on the optical waveguide for separating part of the one of the split light beams from the one of the split beams to form a guided light beam which is guided in the optical waveguide; second detecting means for receiving the guided light beam from the optical waveguide to
  • the beam splitting means is a diffraction element.
  • the optical waveguide, the first detecting means, and the second detecting means are integrally formed on a substrate.
  • the optical information reproducing device further includes packaging means for packaging the light source and the substrate.
  • the optical information reproducing device further includes polarized beam splitting means for splitting the guided light beam into a TE polarized light beam and a TM polarized light beam.
  • the at least one polarization component is the TE polarized light beam.
  • the polarized beam splitting means is an analyzer for absorbing the TM polarized light beam, while allowing the TE polarized light beam to pass therethrough.
  • the optical information reproducing device further includes a converging lens for converging the TE polarized light beam and the TM polarized light beam on the second detecting means.
  • the optical information reproducing device further includes optical dividing means disposed between the light source and the optical system, for splitting the light beam generated by the light source into a main beam and two sub-beams.
  • the optical information reproducing device further includes a transparent substrate disposed on the packaging means, the transparent substrate having a first surface contacting the packaging means and a second surface opposing the first surface, wherein the beam splitting means is disposed on the second surface and the optical dividing means is disposed on the first surface.
  • the optical coupler is a grating coupler.
  • an optical system for detecting a megneto-optical signal is formed integrally with an optical detector for detecting focusing and tracking errors. Further, such an integrated optical detector and the light source are disposed in the same package.
  • the invention described herein makes possible the advantages of (1) providing an optical information reproducing device for a magneto-optical disk which is compact and lightweight with a reduced number of optical components, as well as being less influenced by the environment, and (2) providing an optical reproducing device for a magneto-optical disk which can be fabricated with reduced cost without the necessity of using a Wollaston prism.
  • Figures 1 and 2 are a sectional view and a perspective view of an optical pickup according to the present invention.
  • divergent light emitted from a semiconductor laser 1 is introduced into a first diffraction element disposed on the bottom surface of a glass substrate 2, where the light is split into a zero-order diffracted beam (main beam) and two first-order diffracted beams (sub-beams) for detecting a tracking error.
  • Each of the split diffracted beams passes through a second diffraction element 4 disposed on the top surface of the glass substrate 2, and is converged on a magneto-optical disk 7 through a collimator lens 5 and an objective lens 6.
  • the light beams reflected from the magneto-optical disk 7 enter the optical system again through the objective lens 6, pass through the collimator lens 5, and are diffracted by the second diffraction element 4.
  • the diffracted return beams are then converged on an optical waveguide element 8.
  • Figure 3A is a top view of the optical waveguide element 8
  • Figures 3B and 3C are sectional views thereof taken along line A-A' and line B-B' of Figure 3A, respectively.
  • each of the diffracted return beams is converged on an optical coupler 9 of the optical waveguide element 8.
  • part of the beam is introduced into a first optical detector 11 through an optical waveguide 10.
  • the remaining part thereof is guided into the optical waveguide 10 and propagates therethrough so as to be introduced to a second optical detector 16.
  • the first diffraction element 3 has a pattern of parallel straight lines with a predetermined grating pitch.
  • the second diffraction element 4 is substantially circular and divided into two semicircular regions 4a and 4b. Each of the regions 4a and 4b has a grating pattern of curved lines determined so that the diffracted return beams can be properly converged on the first optical detector 11 formed in the optical waveguide element 8.
  • the optical waveguide element 8 includes the first and the second optical detectors 11 and 16 formed in the upper surface area of a silicon substrate 13.
  • the optical waveguide 10 composed of a clad layer 14 and a waveguide layer 15 is formed over the surface of the silicon substrate 13 including the first and the second optical detectors 11 and 16.
  • the optical coupler 9 is formed on the surface of the optical waveguide 10.
  • the first optical detector 11 in- dudes five detecting portions 11a, 11b, 11c, 11d, and 11e.
  • the second optical detector 16 includes four detecting portions 16a, 16b, 16c, and 16d.
  • the optical coupler 9 includes two regions 9a and 9b, and is formed on a portion of the surface of the optical waveguide 10 located above the detecting portions 11a, 11b, and 11c.
  • the optical waveguide element 8 also includes polarized beam splitters 18a and 18b for splitting light propagating in the optical waveguide 10 (hereinafter referred to as "guided light” or a “guided beam”) into components of TE polarization and TM polarization.
  • guided light or a “guided beam”
  • the TE polarization is the condition where an electric-field component of guided light 17 is parallel to the waveguide layer 15
  • TM polarization is the condition where the electric-field component of guided light 17 is vertical to the waveguide layer 15.
  • Part of the return main beam reflected from the magneto-optical disk 7 and diffracted from the region 4a of the second diffraction element 4 is introduced into the optical coupler 9, where part of the beam is guided to the optical waveguide 10 so as to propagate therethrough, and the remaining part of the beam passes through the optical waveguide 10 to form a converged area 19a on a division line A of the first optical detector 11 as shown in Figure 3A.
  • the other part of the return main beam diffracted from the region 4b of the second diffraction element 4 forms a converged area 19a' on the detecting portion 11c.
  • One of the sub-beams forms converged areas 19b and 19b' on the detecting portion 11d, and the other sub-beam forms converged areas 19c and 19c' on the detecting portion 11e.
  • the focusing error detection mechanism for the optical pickup of this example is the same as that for the conventional optical pickup shown in Figure 9, except that in this example part of the return main beam is guided into the optical waveguide 10 through the optical coupler 9. Accordingly, a focusing error signal FES can be obtained by detecting the difference of outputs of the detecting portions 11a and 11b and operating an equation similar to Equation (1). Also, the tracking error detection mechanism for the optical pickup of this example is the same as that for the conventional optical pickup shown in Figure 9. Accordingly, a tracking error signal TES can be obtained by detecting the difference of outputs of the detecting portions 11d and 11e and operating an equation similar to Equation (2).
  • the optical waveguide element 8 for the optical pickup of this example has a function of detecting an information signal recorded on a magneto-optical disk by guided part of the return main beam into the optical waveguide 10. That is, part of the return main beam is guided into the optical waveguide 10 through the optical coupler 9 of the optical waveguide element 8 and propagates in the optical waveguide 10 as guided beams 17a and 17b.
  • a magneto-optical signal can be detected by detecting polarization components of the guided beams 17a and 17b.
  • the principle of the detection of a magneto-optical signal will be described.
  • Part of the return main beam diffracted from the region 4a of the second diffraction element 4 is partly guided into the optical waveguide 10 through the region 9a of the optical coupler 9 and propagates in the optical waveguide 10 as a guided beam 17a.
  • the guided beam 17a is split into a TE polarization component and a TM polarization component by the polarized beam splitter 18a.
  • the TE polarized beam and the TM polarized beam are detected by the detecting portions 16a and 16b of the second optical detector 16, respectively.
  • the other part of the return main beam diffracted from the region 4b of the second diffraction element 4 is partly guided into the optical waveguide 10 through the region 9b of the optical coupler 9 and propagates in the optical waveguide 10 as a guided beam 17b.
  • the guided beam 17b is split into a TE polarization component and a TM polarization component by the polarized beam splitter 18b.
  • the TE polarized beam and the TM polarized beam are detected by the detecting portions 16c and 16d of the second optical detector 16, respectively.
  • the x-z plane is parallel to the optical waveguide 10. Assume that the return beam diffracted from the second diffraction element 4 is on the x-y plane with an incident angle of 0 with regard to the y axis, and that the diffracted return beam is converted by the optical coupler 9 to the guided beam which propagates on the x-z plane. Then, when the guided beam propagates in the direction of an angle with regard to the x axis, the +45 ° polarization component of the diffracted return beam corresponds to the TE polarization component of the guided beam, while the-45° polarization component of the diffracted return beam corresponds to the TM polarization component of the guided beam.
  • a magneto-optical signal MO is obtained by operating the following equation: wherein M1, M2, M3, and M4 are outputs of the detecting portions 16a, 16b, 16c, and 16d of the second optical detector 16, respectively. The operation is performed with an adder and a subtracter (not shown).
  • the plane of polarization of the diffracted return beam can be rotated and split by converting the beam three-dimensionally so as to propagate in appropriate directions in the optical waveguide 10, thereby to obtain the same effect as that provided by the Wollaston prism.
  • the angle ⁇ is obtained by operating the following equation:
  • the direction of the guided beam can be adjusted by changing the inclination of the lines of the grating coupler.
  • the direction of the guided beam was determined so that the ⁇ 45° polarized beams correspond to the TE and TM polarized beams.
  • the direction of the guided beams may also be determined so that the polarized beams at angles of ⁇ 30° with regard to the z axis correspond to the TE and TM polarized beams.
  • the guided beams 17a and 17b converted at the regions 9a and 9b of the optical coupler9 propagate through the optical waveguide 10 in directions crossing each other as shown in Figures 3A to 3C. This is because, when the directions of the guided beams 17a and 17b cross each other, the polarization directions thereof also cross each other. As a result, even if the properties of the polarized beam splitters or the like vary due to production error, such variation can be offset by the operation and thus will not seriously influence the result. Furthermore, with the above setting, the guided beam 17a (or 17b) and other beams branching therefrom can be prevented from entering the detecting portions 16c and 16d (or 16a and 16b). Also, the arrangement of the second optical detector 16 can be simplified.
  • optical waveguide element 8 shown in Figure 3A is fabricated as follows:
  • Figure 4 shows a second example of the optical waveguide element 8 according to the present invention.
  • analyzers 20a and 20b are disposed in place of the polarized beam splitters, and the second optical detector 16 has only two detecting portions 16a and 16c.
  • the analyzers 20a and 20b are formed, for example, by applying a metal film made of AI or the like to appropriate portions over the waveguide layer 15.
  • Such analyzers 20a and 20b absorb the TM polarized beam, while allowing the TE polarized beam to pass therethrough.
  • the magneto-optical signal MO can be obtained by operating the following equation: wherein M1 and M3 are outputs of the detecting portions 16a and 16c of the second optical detector 16, respectively. The operation is performed by a subtracter (not shown).
  • the focusing error detection and the tracking error detection are performed in the same manner as in Example 1.
  • FIG. 5 shows a third example of the optical waveguide element 8 according to the present invention. Like components are denoted as like reference numerals as those in the previous examples.
  • converging lenses 21a and 21b are additionally provided in the optical waveguide 10 for converging guided beams 17a and 17b, respectively, when they diverge too widely.
  • the distance I 1 between the optical coupler 9 and the converging lens 21a (or 21 b) is set larger than the distance 1 2 between the converging lens 21a (or 21b) and detecting portions 22a and 22b (or 22c and 22d), i.e., 1 2 ⁇ 1 1 .
  • the position where the diffracted return beam is incident on the optical waveguide element 8 is shifted and thus guided beams 17a' and 17b' propagate through the optical waveguide 10 as shown in dash lines in Figure 5, such guided beams 17a' and 17b' can be converged on the small-size detecting portions 22a and 22b (or 22c and 22d) through the converging lens 21a (or 21b).
  • a luneburg lens, a geodesic lens, a grating lens, and a refractive index distribution lens can be used for the converging lenses 21a and 21b.
  • the optical pickup of the present invention is used not only for the focusing and tracking error detection as described in the above examples, but for other applications as well.
  • the position of the division line on the second diffraction element 4 and the direction of grating lines formed on each region divided by the division line, as well as the shape of the first optical detector 11, are not limited to those in the above examples, but can be changed depending on the applications. Therefore, the optical pickup of the present invention can be modified to an optical pickup where a tracking error is detected by the one-beam method as shown in Figure 13.
  • the optical pickup of the present invention can be provided with an electronic circuit for current-voltage conversion or for signal amplification, for example, on the silicon substrate, in addition to the optical detectors, so as to obtain the effect of reducing the influence of noise from outside.

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